diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
index 16a9020..88112b49 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 		       -Wl,-T,$(filter %.lds,$^) $(filter %.o,$^)
 
 VDSO_LDFLAGS = -fPIC -shared $(call ld-option, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv)
+GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 #
 # Install the unstripped copy of vdso*.so listed in $(vdso-install-y).